Where does “mazgātājs” come from?
mazgātājs (Latvian) comes from Latvian mazgāt, from Latvian mazgt, from Proto-Baltic mazg-.
mazgātājs (Latvian): washer
Ancestry of “mazgātājs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | mazgāt | to wash; to clean dirt off something with water... |
| 2 | Latvian | mazgt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | mazg- | — |